The upcoming July 4th holiday weekend is not looking good for travel due to an increase in flight cancellations during his latest My Take, according to FOX Business host Stuart Varney. STUART VARNEY: The airports were in chaos this weekend. It's no better this morning. Nearly 700 cancellations and 5,000 delays are already on the way, and only 11 are eastern. The millions of Americans who plan a summer get-away are getting anxious. And probably angry.
Blame vaccine policy: Why are airline staff banned from working for not getting a jab that doesn't work?
Why is it that retirement policy is an emergency? Can't we allow pilots to fly after age 65?
The training policy is caused by the fact that they can't find enough trained and vaccinated air traffic controllers. The TSA is the same.
Airlines have cut their summer schedules, so you have to choose to buy a ticket and face cancellation and delay, or don't buy a ticket because none are available, and you can't afford it anyway!
The airlines want a meeting with transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, but he hasn't done enough to fix the supply chain problem, so he is unlikely to solve the airline travel problem any time soon.
Invest in clear or global entry to avoid the worst of the TSA lines.
And spare a thought for those airline workers who have to bear the brunt of passenger anger. The gate agent, customer service, flight attendants and TSA people are front-line workers, just like doctors and nurses during the epidemic.